Corvallis -- like the rest of the country, and the rest of the world --
is trying to come to terms with what has been called :"the great
recession"
but could be called the great robbery.

*****************************The first
of this series - A peoples Economy

This is a one-hour edited version of an economic forum
that the Rural Organizing Project, Alternatives to War, and several
other community groups. The featured speaker is Dan Leahy,
retired professor from Evergreen in Olympia Washington, who also has
been a community organizer and is a student of people's movements --
he's been called the Howard Zinn of social movements, and the Utah
Phillips in prose.. On the program are questions and comments from the
audience, and a few examples of what other community groups are doing.
This forum took place on June 9, 2009.
Dan Leahy, A Peoples Economy

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Building a
Steady State Economy

The Natural
Step/Corvallis presented the Executive Director of the
Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy (CASSE), Rob
Dietz, for a talk at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library,
Wednesday, May 12, 7-8:30 p.m. Rob’s talk, “Better Not
Bigger: Reshaping the Economy for a Finite World”, covers
the problems inherent in the paradigm of perpetual economic growth and
how to transition to a steady state economy that meets people’s needs
without undermining the life support systems of the planet.